ILuvEire wrote:Why are there pictures of anime girls in french maid uniforms? I'm confused, I'm going to back out of this thread slowly...

...and straight to doujinland.com.

Wow, no thank you.

I'm going to gouge my eyes out now, brb.

Please don't tell me you actually visited the site! I wouldn't dare!

rickardspaghetti wrote:How is Japanese different from Ryukyuan and Okinawan?

Okinawan is 1 of the Ryuukyuuan languages. These languages are separate from the Japanese language & its dialects. Ryuukyuuan & Japanese together form the Japonic family, which most linguists consider to be a separate family from any other.Okinawan and the Ryuukyuuan languages are not mutually intelligible with Japanese.The phonologies are quite similar but not identical.Here's an example of the differences. <男> means "man" & is /otoko/ in Japanese. In Okinawan it's /ʔikiga/, in Amami it's /jeŋga/ & in Miyako it's /bikidum/. <女> means "woman" & is /onna/ in Japanese. It's /ʔunna/ in Okinawan, /ʔonagu/ in Amami & /midum/ in Miyako.

rickardspaghetti wrote:How does the Japanese government watch these languages? Do they like them or do they not? "Damn those hicks should learn to talk properly!", or not?

Nowadays, preserving Ryukyuan languages has become the policy of Okinawan Prefectural government. However, the situation is not very optimistic, since the vast majority of Okinawan children are now monolingual in Japanese.